As Malaysia emerges as a regional data center hub, Chinese companies have invested in the country to set up data centers to help drive Malaysia's ambitions and facilitate regional development in the digital industry.
China State Construction Engineering, which has built some of the most iconic buildings in Malaysia, has started a data center project for a Singaporean firm Infinaxis in Cyberjaya, the Silicon Valley of Malaysia.
The project is expected to create new jobs and enhance local digital infrastructure.
"From this data center project construction, I think we can help Malaysia, the local staff, and also local suppliers and subcontractors to have good work and income," said Zhu Zujian, project manager from China State Construction Engineering (Malaysia).
With its high professionalism and expertise in large projects, China State Construction Engineering has garnered recognition from Infinaxis, who called the cooperation a chance to engage with the Chinese construction giant, and to boost together the digital industry in Malaysia, as well as the whole of Southeast Asia.
"Our engagement between Infinaxis and also China State Construction represents much more than just a construction activity. In fact, one engagement with [between] China State and Infinaxis also represents our alignment in terms of our Malaysia economic policy and therefore boosts any AI-oriented or any data-center-oriented business here in Malaysia," said Zali Qifty Abu Bakar, project manager of the Infinaxis Data Center.
"In the future, once the project is to be completed, I think the data center will contribute (to) online work, online payments, and also AI," said Zhu, sharing similar expectations from the Chinese side.
By now, Cyberjaya and the outskirts of Kuala Lumpur have emerged as key data center hubs in Malaysia, with China State Construction Engineering involved in projects at both locations.
With ongoing and completed projects, China has remained a longstanding partner in Malaysia's efforts to become a regional hub for data-intensive services.
Chinese company supports construction of Malaysia data center
